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Smuggling endangered species into the country isn’t funny, although monkeys in your underwear is worth a chuckle or two: A man nabbed with two endangered pygmy monkeys in his pants after his flight from Thailand landed at Los Angeles International Airport pleaded guilty Tuesday to smuggling protected wildlife. In entering …

Man, am I sorry I missed this one – hard to believe an accident could be so sweet: A technical glitch at the local cable company caused a risque HBO comedy show to replace the morning news the other day. Some viewers complained they were seeing topless women, while hearing …

I wish the sudden convert to affirmative action would give up the ghost already so we could concentrate on other things, but here’s more ammo for Trent Lott’s ouster: the Philadelphia Daily News, among “50 things you didn’t know about Trent Lott,” reveals these nuggets: 11. Practiced food segregation as …

The judge in the ReplayTV vs. Hollywood-TV networks lawsuit says the studios may not withhold internal documents about their lobbying efforts and finances: The federal judge presiding over Hollywood’s lawsuit against Sonicblue Inc.’s ReplayTV, a commercial-skipping video recorder, has rejected a novel attempt by the entertainment companies to withhold key …

Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., says ElcomSoft’s acquittal doesn’t sway him away from wanting to change the DMCA (previously discussed here), he reveals in an interview with CNET: “As far as the bill going forward is concerned, the need for the legislation is as great as ever,” Boucher said in an …

Check out these two headlines: Bush Seen Declaring Iraq in Violation of UN Order, Laying Ground for War, and White House Indicates Bush Won’t Intervene to Save Lott’s Job. Good job George, you get two big stickers. Polls (note headline spin, then read the numbers) say the American public is …

Despite the leanings of oil-slick Americans (including President Bush), the diplomatic bureaucracy, and their own ongoing PR campaign, Americans are finally starting to doubt the “friendliness” of our “allies” Saudi Arabia. Stephen Schwartz’s book, Two Faces of Islam: The House of Sa’ud from Tradition to Terror, points vehemently in that …

Declan McCullagh reports on 70% growth in last year: The Federal Communications Commission’s biannual report said there were approximately 16.2 million broadband customers as of June 2002, up from 9.6 million a year earlier and 12.8 million six months before. Because the FCC generally counts a business or household as …

A reminder about Coolworld’s Planet New Year 2003 massive electronic music New Year’s celebration in San Francisco: On Tuesday December 31, 2002, San Francisco becomes home once again, to the biggest annual NYE dance & music celebration on the West Coast. This event is going to be absolutely MASSIVE with …

The DMCA is the center of a frenzy of activity: Yale’s Lawmeme, in conjunction with Blogcritics is presenting an exemption request from the DVD copy prohibition to the librarian of Congress today – more on that later. There was also a verdict in the ElcomSoft criminal copyright violation trial (also …